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The work has been written as a contribution to the course “Composing for the carillon”, organised by the “Nederlandse Klokkenspel-Vereniging” (Dutch Carillon Society) on the occasion of the 100-years’ anniversary of the society.
At a performance, the carillon part will be played live by a carilloneur, synchronically with the sound track, which is played via a loudspeaker mounted outside the tower. Synchronicity between the parts must be realised by a click track led to the carilloneur by one side of a head phone. Simultaneously, the other side of the head phone transmits the sound track.
The sound track must be realised by recording a church organ, following the tempo given by the click track. The tempo of the click track is indicated by metronome numbers in the score.
Duration: ca 5 min.
Scores: in preparation
Tijdsduur: ca 5 min.
Partituur: in voorbereiding

The work was commissioned by the symphonic orchestra “Scaramouche” for use as a opening-tune or encore at their concerts. It is a free, one-movement adaptation of Milhaud’s work for (originally) 2 pianos “Scaramouche”, in which elements from the three movements of the original work were combined to a short, pleasantly playable tribute to the versatile composer Milhaud.
“Scaramouche” is the French equivalent for “Scaramuccia”, a character from the Italian Commedia dell’ Arte.
Instrumentation: fl, picc, 2ob, 2cl, 2bs, 2hr, 2trp, perc (1 pl.), hrp (optional), str
Duration: ca 3 min.
Score: in preparation

The work is an adapation of the Partita for 11 brass players (cat.nr. 02) for double chorus chamber orchestra. The first chorus consists of 6 wind instruments (fl, ob, cl, 2hr, bs), the second chorus of strings (4viI, 4viII, 4ve, 2vc, 1cb. The motto “Bipolarities” is worked out musically in the instrumentation (winds vs strings, soli vs tutti), tonality (tonal vs atonal), style (archaistic vs contemporary), themes (ascending vs descending) and content (individual vs mass, order vs chaos). The work is above all a “work to play” in which the executants can bring in their technical and expressive abilities in an alternating harmonic and conflicting dialogue.
Duration: ca 10 min.– Download score:34 Part134 Part234 Part3

The work has been commissioned by the “Goois Symphonie Orkest” (Hilversum, Netherlands) on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the orchestra in 2018. It was performed on 09- and 10-06-2018, in co-operation with the choral society “COV Hilversum”, in the framework of the event “Hilversum 100 year Mediacity”. The conductor of the ensemble was Joost Geevers, the choral conductor was Piet Roorda. The illustrations by Rik van Linden van den Heuvell were shown simultaneously with the performance.
I: Allegro energico; II: Agitato; III: Adagio; IV: Agitato; V: Tempo I
Instrumentation: mixed choir (SATB), 2fl (II also picc), 2ob (II also eh), 2cl (II also bcl), 2bs, 3hr, 2trp, trb, tb, perc (3 p), pf, str
Performance time: 15 min.
The subject of the work is the transition of a young person to his/her adulthood: the process of becoming conscious of the own personality and its relation to the outside world. This process is illustrated by allegoric-symbolistic means in the scenario, music and pictures.– Download scenario:33 Scenario (E)– Download score:33 Part1a33 Part1b33 Part233 Part333 Part433 Part5
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Elements from the Trio for clarinet, cello and piano from 2012 (see cat.nr. 22), were combined with newly written parts to a one-movement piece “In Memoriam” for the same instruments. The motto of the piece is: “When only the memories are still alive“. The piece is written as a Ciaconna with 12 variations. Composition techniques from early Renaissance to today have been used to illustrate the timeless character of mourning for a loved one.
Duration: 6½ min.Publication in preparation.

The scenario of this audio-visual tale originates from the authors’ phantasy. The story focusses on a community of “Trolls”: small, magic creatures with almost human characteristics which play a role in many Scandinavian folk stories. Music and illustrations, – more than 90 static pictures by Rik van Linden van den Heuvell -, depict together how the Trolls react on the barren conditions of the arctic winter, on each other and on the violent transition of the winter into the spring.
The DVD presents 4 films: in the first film, “Magic Winter” (cat.nr. 11) is used as the audio-track, in the second one, the “Symfonietta” (cat.nr. 27). The scenario is the same for both versions; the duration of the first film is ½ min. shorter, and hence the number of illustrations smaller.
The third film gives an impression of the rehearsals and recording sessions of the first audio-track, the fourth film shows the different techniques Rik used in his illustrations.
Duration films: I: 18, II: 18½, III: 7, IV: 2 mins.

The scenario is read between the three movements of the audio-tracks by the British actor Stewart Clapp.
For names of the executants and for links to the corresponding scores and CDs, see under cat.nrs. 11 and 27.
For ordering the DVD, see column “Order”, under DVD#2.

The work described under cat.nr.25 is also available in a version for string sextet.
Instrumentation: 2vi 2ve vc cb
Duration: ca 6 min.– Download score:26 Part String sextet– Download explanation:26 Explanation

– *Order (cf last column to the right of the screen): CD entitled “Pinnacle”, recorded on 27 May 2015 at Futura Productions, Boston MA (USA) by PARMA Recordings, North Hampton NH (USA) and marketed by Navona Records North Hampton NH (USA)
Executants: Yhasmin Valenzuela (clarinet), Leo Eguchi (cello) and Karolina Rojahn (piano)Apart from the Trio, “Pinnacle” contains works of the Dutch composer Hans Bakker and of the American composers Dan Perttu, Steven Block and Kevin Walczyk.

The composer as narrator in the first public performance of "Unconditionally / Onvoorwaardelijk" (cat. nr. 14), Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde, 18 September 2011; pianist: Renate Hasselaar

Poster for a performance on 15 January 2012 of "Onvoorwaardelijk / Uncondontionally" (cat. nr. 14) in De Vrijburg in Amsterdam (poster lay-out: Walter Winkler-Ederveen)

Carilloneur Bauke Reitsma played the premiere of "Voices" (cat. nr. 13) on the carillon of the Pauluskerk in Baarn, 15 May 2011

Carillon of the Pauluskerk in Baarn

Tower of the Pauluskerk in Baarn

Rehearsal of the Five Songs for mixed choir and orchestra on East-European folk poetry (cat. nr. 10), Bulgaria Hall, Sofia, 4 October 2010

Rehearsal of the Five Songs for mixed choir and orchestra on East-European folk poetry

Rehearsal of the Five Songs for mixed choir and orchestra on East-European folk poetry

Rehearsal of the Five Songs for mixed choir and orchestra on East-European folk poetry; conversation with 1st violoncellist Christo Lalev

Choir conductor Yvonne Peters....

.... and organist Margriet den Hartog commissioned the work "Give us Peace" (cat. nr. 09) on the occasion of the centenary (2009) of....

.... the Maarschalkerweerd-organ in the Remonstrantse Kerk in Dordrecht (photograph: Bart van Buitenen)

Poster of the premiere of the Choral Songs on Dutch Children's poetry (cat. nr. 07) op 21-11-2009 in "Het Dikke Torentje" in Eemnes

Cover of the novel "Truus de Nachtmerrie" by Henriëtte van Eyk, used as a basis for the Symphonic Poem "The Palace of the Dreamking" (cat. nr. 06)

Premiere of the Choral Songs on Eastern-European Folkpoetry (cat. nr. 05) by the Amersfoorts KamerKoor, conducted by Jos Leussink, on 14-03-2007 in the St. Xaveriuskerk in Amersfoort. Pianists: Frank Herman and Peter Greve (photo: Bas B. Broekhuis)

"Kemence", a small fiddle in use in i.a. Turkish folk music. The sound of the kemence is imitated in the Finale ("Alsak") of the Sonate for flute and piano (cat.nr. 03)

The Veenendaals Brass Ensemble gave the first performance in the Netherlans of the Partita for 11 brass instruments (cat.nr. 02)

Dress rehearsal for the premiere of the Pianoconcerto (cat. nr. 01) on 28-03-2004 in the Cultural Centre Orion in Rotterdam on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the chamber orchestra Camerata '54. Solist: Peter Greve, conductor: Albert van Eeghen.